Ted On Flash: September 2008

Macromedia Site of the Day!

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 9:09 PM .

I was searching the 2001 Google Index and found this old Macromedia.com site of the day showcase on my old company ishophere.com. It is a really fun look back. We built the Ishophere.com shopping service in Flash 5 using Macromedia Generator in 2000 and we got site of the day on March 14 2001.

"It would be hard to imagine doing Ishophere.com without Generator. It rocks!" -

Theodore E. Patrick, project developer, Ishophere

It is really an out of body experience to look back in time like this. It is really great to see how far Flash has come as a platform since those early days. Back then AS1 was hot and __proto__ was a property few dared to mess with.

Cool, 97.6% supported on FP5, maybe it is a trend.

Cheers,

Ted :)

Friends Of Ted MAX NA Discount

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Monday, September 29, 2008 at 11:32 AM .

For the readers of my blog, I got a "Friends Of Ted" discount for Adobe MAX NA 2008. The discount enables full registration at $1295 and is the lowest price for the MAX NA event if you missed Early Bird registration. Please feel free to share the discount code with friends and coworkers as the code is time based.

The code will expire on Oct 10 at 11:59PM PST!

Discount Code: TED888

360Flex SJ 2008 - Architecting real-time in Flex by Brian Weisenthal

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 4:30 PM .

Everything you need to know to architect real-time and collaborative applications with Flex, AIR, BlazeDS and LCDS. This UI centric session will reveal the power Flex possesses when combined with realtime enabled Java applications. Advanced high level concepts and frameworks will be discussed since they are key in creating large applications with complex behavior. PureMVC will be shown in examples, as well as how to roll your own "assembler" or DataService like implementations with BlazeDS. Focus will also be given to creating re-usable UI components that are real-time aware. Learn how to tap the messaging foundation built into BlazeDS or LCDS for your next collaborative Flex or AIR app.

Cheers,

ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Flex Persistence with Hibernate by Mike Nimer

DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published at 4:27 PM .

Building flex applications requires a strong back end to support it. In this session we will discuss your different options for working with the popular Hibernate framework from Flex. We will also cover some of the issues you may run into when working with Hibernate and Flex, configuration details, and how to use hibernate lazy loading to increase the performance of your applications. This topic will cover Flex, BlazeDS, and Hibernate.

Cheers,

ted :)

BUGS.ADOBE.COM --> Flash Player Open Bug Base

DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published at 9:55 AM .

Flash Player has an open bug database so that anyone can log a bug regarding Flash Player 10. So here is what you need to do:

1. INSTALL FLASH PLAYER 10 (MAC/WIN/LIN)

2. TEST TEST TEST TEST

3. LOG A BUG HERE

I know it would help the player team a ton if more people tested their content under Flash Player 10 for both compatibility and working with the new features.

So before you post in a blog about some issue with Flash Player, make sure you log a bug. It is impossible to fix issues that do not get reported.

Cheers,

ted :)

The Ajax Experience Boston Sept 29-Oct 1

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:01 AM .

If you are in the Boston area next week I highly encourage you to attend The Ajax Experience. It is looking to be a great event with an all star speaker lineup and some great technical sessions. Adobe is sponsoring the event and in partnership with Ajaxian.com, we are recording every conference session in HD using Flash Video. The recorded sessions will be released over time in partnership with Ajaxian.com to expand the conference content to the millions of developers around the globe who cannot attend.

At Adobe we are focused on making digital experiences better. We are very pleased to support events like The Ajax Experience and all the great speakers behind the event.

Cheers,

Ted :)

Adobe CS3 used on Mac for Microsoft "I am a PC" ads

DIGG IT! 6 Comments Published Friday, September 19, 2008 at 3:59 PM .

Now remember use the right tool for the right job...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldiazsantana/2869094754/
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/19/microsofts-im-a-pc-ads-created-on-macs/
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/windows/imageGallery.aspx

Have a good weekend.

Cheers,

Ted :)

Mashup the NFL

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 3:32 PM .

The Premiere Express team is now mashing up the NFL. Pick your team, grab the latest highlights, and make your own highlight video on nfl.com. It is great to see video editing go online and great to give the power to end users to write the web with premium content.

Oh yeah that is Flex too...

Cheers,

Ted :)

MAX 2008 Speaker Benefits

DIGG IT! 18 Comments Published Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 10:59 AM .

In my role of MAX Content Lead, I manage speakers and session content for MAX North America, Europe, and Japan. As an event we need to provide benefits to our speakers who contribute to MAX and make the event great. Today a respected speaker blogged about our seemingly inconsistent policy, so I wanted to clear the air and explain. Lets start with the benefits for speakers at MAX 2008:

1. MAX Conference Pass and Meals
2. Hotel during MAX
3. Session recording, and video syndication. (500x larger audience)
4. Gift for Speakers

Last year I obtained an additional $20K to spend on MAX 2007 and I chose to spend money to get speakers who were traveling a great distance to MAX. We got Geoff (AU), Aral (UK), and several other �Inspire Speakers� to MAX but I was very discrete about the travel arrangements. It is actually my fault that things were inconsistent last year but I wanted MAX to be a better event and I thought that helping speakers traveling great distances was the right thing to do. This year we decided to make the speaker benefits consistent, so we ended the inconsistent and exclusive policy of assisting with some speakers travel.

In talking with speakers, the primary benefit of speaking at MAX is exposure and this year we are underway with plans to greatly expand the reach of MAX online. I have been working with a small team to record all sessions (400+ hours) at MAX worldwide and we will be releasing the content for free online over time (immediately for attendees) in a new video portal currently in development. MAX as a venue globally this year will reach 10,000 attendees live in person but there are potentially 10,000,000 designers and developers who would benefit greatly with access to the content. As a benefit for those speaking at MAX and to expand the reach of Adobe tools and technologies, we will be recording MAX NA, Europe, and Japan and other events like 360Flex and AJAX Experience.

Overall I feel very strongly that we have improved speaker benefits year over year but I can understand other perspectives on the matter. I really want to make MAX a better event for all attendees and expand the reach of our events for everyone's benefit. MAX is an investment for Adobe and choosing where and how to best invest year over year is really hard. If we chose to do one thing it is often at the expense of another budget-wise. This year we are focused on making the benefits consistent for every speaker and expanding the event viewership. Ideally these changes will benefit the designer/developer community and the entire ecosystem of customers leveraging Adobe tools and technologies.

If you have any feedback regarding speaker benefits or our policy towards speakers, I am always listening at ted@adobe.com.

See you at MAX 2008!

Regards,

Ted Patrick
MAX Content Lead
Adobe Systems

360Flex SJ 2008 - Building Red5 Applications by Chris Allen

DIGG IT! 6 Comments Published Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 12:14 PM .

Take your Flex applications to the next level. Add streaming video, live interactivity and push technology to your projects, all using the acclaimed open source Red5 Flash server. Project leader Chris Allen will walk attendees though building a Red5 application using the new Jedai Framework (http://jedai.googlecode.com). They will learn how to harness the power of RTMP in Flash to build cutting edge content including multi-user games, live video chat and more.

Cheers,

ted :)

useWeakReferences:Boolean = false

DIGG IT! 21 Comments Published Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:42 PM .

This is the last argument in the addEventListener method and it just might be one of the most important. Whenever you subscribe to events you have the option to set useWeakReferences to false (the default) or to true (unfortunately not the default). What seems incredible to me is the fact that this is the last argument and that it defaults to false.

When useWeakReferences is false the following happens:

THE CLASS INSTANCE OF THE SUBSCRIBED METHOD WILL NOT GARBAGE COLLECT.
Even if the instance is destroyed by lightening and crushed by your car, it will remain alive stuck within the addEventListener inner workings til you unsubscribe to the listener. Worse is that you most likely lost the instance that you subscribed and that is required to use removeEventListener successfully. The instance will remain in memory and the method will keep getting called, uggghhhhhhh.

A better way...

When useWeakReferences is true the following happens:

THE CLASS INSTANCE OF THE SUBSCRIBED METHOD WILL GARBAGE COLLECT, AHHHHHHH.
Even if the instance is destroyed by lightening and crushed by your car, it will die and the method subscribed will never be called again.

Garbage collection is a very tricky business. The Flash Player VM is constantly looking for objects without a strong reference to them to collect. The real dilemma is that strong references are very easy to create.

All it takes is one:

var a = foo;

or

var b = foo.method; // yes closures come with an instance reference... :(

or

this.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK , foo.method );

and foo will never garbage collect until 'a' and 'b' are removed as references and removeEventListener is called. With complex apps there can be a ton of events and you need to be super careful with references. References are the devil in the details.

I am knee deep in event code for BX and I am being extra careful to make sure that events are easier to work with. Be careful with references, they can make a real mess if you are not careful.

cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Diving Deep w/ the Flex Component Lifecycle by Owen & Umbaug

DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published at 11:55 AM .

In this session, Senior Developers RJ Owen and Brad Umbaugh will explore in depth exactly what happens every time a component is created and rendered in Flex. We'll dive straight into everything about components from the events that are
dispatched to the methods that are called and explain in depth how the framework creates and manages your components. Armed with this knowledge you'll be able to take advantage of aspects of the component life cycle you never knew existed, helping you build components that respond faster and waste less memory.

Cheers,

ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Flash Player 10 (Astro) Preview by Justin Everett-Church

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Friday, September 12, 2008 at 3:09 PM .

This demo-oriented session will showcase the new features that are coming in Flash Player 10, code-named �Astro.� You will see 3D, custom filters and effects, the new text layout engine and a lot more working together to make better, faster, cooler RIAs. You will also learn about the features that increase performance like Vector, the drawing API and visual performance enhancements. Throughout the session you will be able to see
the APIs to learn more about how you will be working with these features in the future.

Cheers,

ted :)

MAX Awards - LAST CALL

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 3:19 PM .

Tommorrow, Sept 12, is the entry deadline for the MAX 2008 Awards.

If you want to win you have to enter here.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Using the Flex Builder 3 Profiler by Jun Heider

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 4:04 PM .

During the session the functionality of the Flex Builder 3 Profiler will be explored through both background lecture, and most importantly various Flex Builder projects tuned to highlight key features of the Profiler.

Cheers,

ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Polishing Components for the Unwashed Masses by Josh Tynjala

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 4:03 PM .

You built a custom Flex component! Now, you want to sell it, or you might want to release it open source. Regardless of your intent, you have many things to consider before throwing it out there to the ravenous Flex developer community. Flexible and extensible APIs are needed to ensure that developers can add the extra functionality they need. Documentation must clearly explain all the properties and methods that are available. Examples need to fully explain the most common use-cases. Finally, developers will want to contact you when they run into trouble or if they have feature requests and suggestions, so you need to provide a communications channel for them. Learn the important steps one must take to release a custom component and get people using it.

Cheers,

Ted :)

30onMAX - The Frugal Businessman by Phillip Kerman

DIGG IT! 9 Comments Published at 8:11 AM .

A detailed look into efficiency practices of conference organizers including those at Adobe MAX.

Nice work Phillip and yes we do lose money every year!

Post a video and get into the Adobe MAX Keynote! I am also working on getting 3 MAX passes for the best videos submitted.

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Reflective Programming by Eric Ko

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 8:41 AM .

Similar to the Java Reflection API, ActionScript Reflection can do the following:
* Determine the class/type of an object;
* Provide the constants and function declarations of an interface;
* Provide the information of the fields, functions, constructors, superclasses, and modifiers of a class;
* Generate an instance of a class of which the handle is unknown before runtime;
* During runtime, get and set the value of a field of an object/class;
* During runtime, invoke a function of an object
This is not only a session to introduce Reflection in Flex, but also will provide the technical details how to implement it.

Cheers,

ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Advanced State management by Troy Gardner

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 8:38 AM .

Cogs is a hierarchical state machine library for use with AS3.0 projects. All interactive applications have a lifecycle of discrete states. Cogs extends the State Design pattern, supports nested states, hierarchical state transitions, enter exit and pulse actions. Freeing you to spend more time working on the core logic. We'll show the lifecycle of a media player.

Cheers,

Ted :)

"Thermo" Sessions at MAX

DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published at 7:32 AM .

If you haven't taken a walk through the MAX NA sessions scheduler yet, you should. There are quite a few sessions on "Thermo" and Flex 4. MAX will be the big unveiling of the "Thermo" product including the real product name, "Thermo" is just a codename.

Here is a list of the "Thermo" sessions at MAX NA.

Adobe XD on Interactive Experience Design
Join the Adobe XD team for a deep dive into the science and art of interactive experience design and its integration with traditional development workflows. We will explore how the evolution of interactive experiences is driving consequent evolution in the design patterns that direct user interaction.
Speakers: Ethan Eismann
Tuesday, November 18, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Designer Best Practices with Flex
Learn how to use familiar design tools in Adobe Creative Suite to integrate visually rich interfaces with unique, custom components created by Flex Builder developers. Apply design, motion, and interactivity to reusable components while collaborating smoothly with Flex developers to create stunning rich Internet applications.
Speakers: Aaron Pedersen, James Polanco
Tuesday, November 18, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Developer Best Practices with Flex
Learn how Flex developers can benefit from using Thermo, Adobe's upcoming interactive authoring tool for designers (first previewed at MAX 2007). We'll discuss how Thermo can help Flex developers build and extend user interface components for designers to integrate with Creative Suite to create visually compelling RIA experiences. This session will cover best practices, coding conventions, and processes to maximize collaborative workflows with designers for Flex development.
Speakers: James Polanco, Aaron Pedersen
Tuesday, November 18, 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Flex Project Workflows
Learn the end-to-end process for designing and developing a complete Flex based consumer website. The session explores the detailed process used for coordinating development and design, the pitfalls that are often encountered, and how to avoid such pitfalls.
Speakers: Doug Winnie
Tuesday, November 18, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Flex Workflows with Flash Professional
Learn how to integrate the expressive design capabilities in Flash Professional with Flex development to create visually compelling rich Internet applications. Join us in this deep dive on Flash and Flex to find out how Flash Professional users can build content that is easily integrated into Flex applications, and to explore best practices for designing Flex applications that interact with Flash Professional content. Maximize your designer and developer collaboration workflows with Flash Professional and Flex.
Speakers: Serge Jespers
Tuesday, November 18, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Introduction to Thermo
Thermo, Adobe's upcoming interactive authoring tool for designers (first previewed at MAX 2007), is poised to change how developers and designers collaborate on building rich Internet applications. This session will give you an introduction to Thermo and provide insight on the next generation of Flex authoring tools.
Speakers: Ryan Stewart
Monday, November 17, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Looking Ahead to the Next Version of Flex
Hear one of the Flex architects discuss the future direction of Flex and its related products. We'll discuss exciting updates being planned that will affect new and existing developers.
Speakers: Ely Greenfield
Monday, November 17, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Next-Generation Flex Skinning
See how skins and behaviors can be created with the next version of Flex. We'll explain how to design skins and how to change basic functionality separate from appearance. We'll also explore how component development works across Adobe's products for designers and developers.
Speakers: Marc Dennert
Tuesday, November 18, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Sketching Interactivity
See a variety of tutorials and examples that visually explain innovative ways for you to map, plan, and organize your RIA or Adobe AIR application. Attendees will walk away with hands-on examples from real-world RIAs and AIR based applications.
Speakers: Ethan Eismann
Monday, November 17, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wireframing Experiences and Applications
Learn how to plan and build a user interface "wireframe" before creating designs and code for interactive experiences and applications. Iterate and collaborate with designers and developers using your wireframe to build a solid understanding of your project design and specification.
Speakers: Peter Flynn
Wednesday, November 19, 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Interesting a Lab for "Thermo" too.... This one will be popular!

Hands-on with Thermo: Creating Interactive Designs
Learn how to use your existing design skills and Creative Suite tools to build rich Internet applications for the Flex framework. Designers will learn how to work collaboratively with their developer partners to build compelling Flex experiences. This session will include a discussion about Thermo, Adobe's upcoming interactive authoring tool for designers (first previewed at MAX 2007).
Speakers: Narciso Jaramillo, Serge Jespers
Wednesday, November 19, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

See you at MAX!

Ted :)

"BX" - Initial event list

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 2:59 PM .

I put together a detailed list of initially supported events. These map to the events available in Flash Player 9+.

surface events:
instance.events.down
instance.events.up
instance.events.over
instance.events.out
instance.events.move
instance.events.wheel
instance.events.drag
instance.events.drop
instance.events.drag_over
instance.events.drag_out
instance.events.click
instance.events.double
instance.events.key
instance.events.key_down
instance.events.key_up
instance.events.focus_in
instance.events.focus_out

system events:
bx.events.activate
bx.events.add
bx.events.stage_add
bx.events.deactivate
bx.events.frame
bx.events.remove
bx.events.stage_remove
bx.events.render
bx.events.tab_children_change
bx.events.tab_enabled_change
bx.events.tab_index_change
bx.events.focus_in
bx.events.focus_out
bx.events.key_focus_change
bx.events.mouse_focus_change
bx.events.key
bx.events.key_down
bx.events.key_up
bx.events.click
bx.events.double
bx.events.down
bx.events.move
bx.events.out
bx.events.over
bx.events.up
bx.events.wheel
bx.events.drag
bx.events.drop
bx.events.drag_over
bx.events.drag_out
bx.events.out
bx.events.over

I will be adding several other higher level events to capture more detailed interactions. Examples of the higher level events would be "drag", "drop", "drag_over", "drag_out". With better higher level events, much more complex interactions are possible.

Also due to the naming conflict with BRIX-CMS, I have opted for a codename of "BX". All good.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Filthy Rich Flex Clients by Chet Haase

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Friday, September 05, 2008 at 11:03 AM .

One of the great things about the Flex platform is that you can get up and running with good-looking GUIs quickly. But what if you want to go beyond the built-in component capabilities and add some extra richness to your UI? What about animated effects to make your application more dynamic? This session will cover various graphics and animation techniques that you can use in your Flex development to create applications that aren't just rich clients; they're filthy rich.

Cheers,

Ted :)

"BX" - My hobby AS3 framework

DIGG IT! 12 Comments Published Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 8:42 PM .

Now that I have entered the world of management I have been feeling a bit lost without a project to code on as a hobby. For the past 2 years at Adobe I have been thinking about a simple light framework for building apps using XML/AS3. Whether it turns into anything or just a big pile of experiments, who knows. The plan is to dedicate evening time to "BX" and blog about my finding regardless of where they go. The first stop for "BX" is looking at events and rethinking them.

"BX":Events
------------------
About 6 months ago I ran some tests with the event model in FP9 and did a little proof on the scalability of various event models. In FP9 DOM level 2 events were added and these events provide the benefit of propagating across the display list from root to target and back. Now events are powerful things but if you get to many of them in your app or framework things can become hard to manage and ideally you want to have as few events subscribed as possible. So in "BX" I want to implement events differently and provide a bit more flexibility and allow name based events and system level events like so:

//name based events
import brix.Surface
class MyButton extends Surface{
   function MyButton():void {
      this.events.click = this.upClick; //event wiring
   }
   function upClick( event:Event ){ trace('upClick');}
}

or
//system level events
bx.events.click.push( myInstance.upClick );
bx.events.doubleclick.push( myInstance.upClick );

Notice addEventListener is never used. If you compiled this to a SWF and clicked on this an instance it would fire the click event. The "BX" framework simply handles dispathing the events directly, no muss or fuss. So then I got to thinking about bubbling and whether it was really necessary. I know I survived 6 years without it and looking back at the majority of my FX apps I never really leveraged bubbling or capture. I am going to leave it out for now, maybe a good use case will hit the project and I will add it in later.

So how is this possible, well the base class using "BX" has several event listeners that catch events when they are dispatched at the root in capture phase. The trick is that they are immediately canceled and use the event object passed to dispatch an event directly. Basically this short circuits the system and passes the event direct to the target. Where the player might waste time walking the display list, "BX" simply skips to the target. What I like is that regardless of how deeply nested the target it, the event always hits its target first without any walking or time wasted. I say this with a word of caution, this is a hack and although it speeds things up and simplifies how events work, the loss of DOM level 2 behavior a one way trip (but I could reverse that later). Instead of tracking who is subscribed to what, I simply change the names of the events and am able to rewire everything quickly with simple property changes.

I am seeing an issue with needing to fire 1+n things with a single event but this seems easy to solve as well. The event dispatcher here is simply calling a function and passing a single argument. So at runtime I can detect if it is an Array/Object and do something different like walk the Array dispatching events or simply call it if it is a function instance. This also allows you to chain events or dispatch events to a parent. With closure support in as3 I can set events to functions in other display objects and things just work without delegation.

There are some issues in terms of organizing events. I want to organize events into an object path for named events like so:

myInstance.events.click = this.myClick

The nice thing here is the ability to pass an entire events tree preconfigured. You might have 3 states within a component where events need to be shifted around and by simply swapping out the 'events' object you get sets of events to change all at once.

Well that is a long post for a single evening. I will keep blogging about "BX" and my progress. It should be a fun exploration into the unknown. Next time some code to munch on.

cheers,

Ted :)

Did Microsoft just jump the shark?

DIGG IT! 23 Comments Published at 6:38 PM .

cheers,

Ted :)

NFL Kickoff with Adobe Flash Player

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published at 4:06 PM .

NBC just launched an NFL application for watching football online using Flash Player.

Launch

cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Exploring the Open Source Flex SDK by Matt Chotin

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 6:55 AM .

Adobe has told you to "file a bug" so many times you want to throw things at them. Wouldn't it be better if you could just fix the thing yourself and show the rest of the world how brilliant you are? Come to this session to learn about the SDK in detail: how it's organized, where the docs are, who to bribe to get your patch approved, etc. Matt's no longer capable of coding in the SDK, show him a thing or two and get ready to make your own contribution to the great Flex community.

Cheers,

Ted :)

Amazon Video on Demand using Adobe Flash Player

DIGG IT! 3 Comments Published at 6:41 AM .

Amazon launched a new on demand video service using Adobe Flash Player today.

NewTeeVee Article

Go Flash Go!

Ted :)

Internal Alpha build of AIR scores 100/100 on ACID3 Tests

DIGG IT! 6 Comments Published Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 12:09 PM .

I have been playing with an internal build of AIR targeting a release later this year. The new release has some great features under the hood for HTML/JS developers. Given the Webkit browser engine was used in AIR, we are refreshing it in the next AIR release. The updated engine even in early internal alpha passed the ACID 3 HTML/CSS tests with a 100/100 score.

Does your browser, ahem, application container pass?

See you at MAX!

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Reading the Flex source code by Jonathan Branam

DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published Tuesday, September 02, 2008 at 10:04 PM .

Learn how to use the open source Flex SDK to improve your programming and solve problems. Introduction to the Flex source code explaining the class hierarchy, compositional classes, and the importance of interfaces.

Great use of Star Wars! 10 Points to Jonathan!

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Project Workflow by Axel Jensen

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published at 10:03 PM .

How to put together a team, and ways to communicate with free tools that are in the community.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Flex and Accessibility by Giorgio Natili

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:57 PM .

Create accessible custom component and make existing components like ILOG elixir accessible.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Flex and ColdFusion Using VO's and CFC's by Kevin Schmidt

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:56 PM .

Adobe ColdFusion is one of the best ways to get data to and from your database to your Flex application. Come find out how to use Remoting, ValueObjects and CFC's to quickly and efficiently get data to and from your database to the front end!

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - E4X by Marc Bir

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published at 9:55 PM .

What is E4X? How do I use it? Why would I use it? When should I use it? Viewers should have a basic understanding of XML (know what an element or attribute is), some knowledge of actionscript (preferrably AS3), and an interest in working with XML.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Advanced ActionScript APIs by Jacob Wright

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:52 PM .

Learn how to craft ActionScript libraries using advanced techniques. Use custom metadata to make your code easier to read and provide greater code-reuse. And harness the power of the Proxy class to give subclasses an easier way to access data.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Case Study of An Internal Fle x App At Yahoo! by Hien Luu & Subhadeep Chatterjee

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:49 PM .

This presentation is a case study about using a set of standard technologies including Flex to build an SOA application that provides generic access control services. This application's UI was built on Flex and the server side was built using standard Java technologies (Jersey, Spring Framework and JPA). The interaction between the client and the server is through RESTful APIs. We will highlight various challenges and lessons learned from this project as well as some of the design decisions.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - How to Build a Framework by Ben Stucki

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published at 9:47 PM .

In this talk, Stucki will cover all the various aspects of what goes into a framework. How to code, what to code and who to code with. He'll pull this knowledge from his extensive experience in frameworks such as Degrafa, OpenFlux, and Plexiglass. He'll share what he finds works well to what does not work at all.

Go Ben Go!

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Flex on Rails with RubyAMF by Tony Hillerson

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:46 PM .

Using RubyAMF to build AMF services in Rails and how to use these services in Flex.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Mate Flex Framework by Laura Arguello

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published at 9:44 PM .

Do your applications start to grow and become an unwieldy set of interdependent parts?
Join Laura as she walks you through how to build an application using Mate framework. The focus of the presentation will be on how Mate helps us organizing the different parts of the application such as views, business logic and services, while keeping them decoupled.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Introduction to the Swiz Framework for Flex by Chris Scott

DIGG IT! 3 Comments Published at 9:42 PM .

Adobe Flex that aims to bring complete simplicity to RIA development. Swiz provides Inversion of Control, event handing, and simple life cycle for asynchronous remote methods. In contrast to other major frameworks for Flex, Swiz imposes no JEE patterns on your code, no repetitive folder layouts, and no boilerplate code on your development. Swiz represents best practices learned from the top RIA developers at some of the best consulting firms in the industry, enabling Swiz to be simple, lightweight, and extremely productive.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - PlexiGlass (OpenFlux 3D Components) by Ryan Campbell

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 9:40 PM .

PlexiGlass is a sub-project of OpenFlux using the same reusable MVC based components but replaces the view with a 3D renderer. In this session you'll find out what PlexiGlass offers, see examples, learn how to get started and how you can contribute back.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - High Definition Video & Flex Hands On by Christopher Keeler

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This session covers the tools and workflows you need to produce and stream great HD video in the Flash player and Flex. Topics will include a hands-on look at cameras and lighting, recording formats, and pitfalls when working with high definition footage. Also see Flash Media Server 3 in action, and how to exploit it's H.264 streaming in Flex. Finally, get a look at how to leverage tools like Adobe After Effects to add cool Flex friendly effects, and the best compression encoder settings for producing super lightweight HD files.

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Ted :)

13.1 Miles

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On Sunday, Linda (fiancee) and I ran 13.1 miles at the Disney 1/2 marathon in Anaheim. It was a really great weekend and after light training for 2 months we were prepared. We finished in 2:43:32 hours, pretty good enough for my first half marathon, eh. The course wound through DisneyLand out to the Ducks and Angels stadium and back.

Completing this was a really great experience. If you are looking for a challenge this is a great way to spend some quality time, get fit, and push your limits.

Cheers,

Ted :)

MAX NA Early Bird Registration extended til Sept 19!

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The MAX team met this morning and we decided to extend the Early Bird registration til Sept 19. Make sure to register and get a discount before the new deadline.

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Ted :)

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